Empowerment, Participation and Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780230019997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str.

Robert Adams

Opis

Now in its fourth edition this book continues to offer in-depth coverage spanning both conceptual debates about empowerment and a range of practice issues. The clarity and accessibility, as well as new examples reflecting varied global contexts and material on empowering children and adults, make it an essential resource at all levels of study.

Spis treści

Introduction to fourth edition.- PART 1: THEORIES, MODELS AND METHODS FOR EMPOWERING PRACTICE.- Ingredients of Empowerment: the Global Challenge.- Frameworks for Empowerment.- PART 2: PRACTISING EMPOWERMENT.- Self-Empowerment.- Empowering Individuals.- Empowering Groups.- Empowering Organisations.- Empowering Communities and Political Systems.- Empowering Evaluation.- PART 3: ISSUES FOR SOCIAL WORK.- Empowering Service Users and Carers.- Towards an Empowering Social Work.- Bibliography.- Index

O autorze

ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work, University of Teesside, UK. He has worked in social work and criminal justice settings and is the author of a number of books, including Social Policy for Social Work and Quality Social Work. He is also co-editor of the best-selling trilogy, Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates 2e, Critical Practice in Social Work and Social Work Futures.